What is the cylindrical-shaped rubber dowels?
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Perhaps you are referring to what Whitten includes with their cases: "Each case comes equipped with a set of shaft tube filler plugs that give your shafts a custom fit for your Whitten case. Also included is a filler plug removal tool."
They may sell these separately as well.
They may sell these separately as well.
Get yourself a roll of 1/2" "backer rod" at lowes or home depot. Its a closed cell foam used as insulation filler around windows etc. It wont deteriorate inside the case and can be removed if you want to (takes some fiddling around). Cut it to whatever length you want. A 50' roll is about 3 bucks.
Chuck
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John Barton has a good solution for this.
There is a sock like feature he offers that spacers are inserted into.
It can be modified in just about any way for either part of the cue.
He also has inserts that the cue goes into and have loops on the top so if your cue sets low in the case it's removable with the loop.
I'll add a few pics and a link to one of johns videos so you get the idea of the spacer use.
http://youtu.be/4DC1RK9EAEM
Very easily stored way in the case if not in use.
The spacers can be cut to desired length, the insert/sock the spacer goes into can be modified and have a particular design for your exact use, the one I have is a multi use set up.
Here you can see the loop on top of this insert that the entire shaft or butt goes into/ depending on the request of the custom insert.
Works great for rubber handle grip cues to.
-can't reach in far enough to remove the cue/ just grab the loop and your out'
If your in Vegas stop in and see john at his booth and check out his awesome designs and innovation he puts into his cases.
Rob.M
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John Barton has a good solution for this.
There is a sock like feature he offers that spacers are inserted into.
It can be modified in just about any way for either part of the cue.
He also has inserts that the cue goes into and have loops on the top so if your cue sets low in the case it's removable with the loop.
I'll add a few pics and a link to one of johns videos so you get the idea of the spacer use.
http://youtu.be/4DC1RK9EAEM
Very easily stored way in the case if not in use.
The spacers can be cut to desired length, the insert/sock the spacer goes into can be modified and have a particular design for your exact use, the one I have is a multi use set up.
Here you can see the loop on top of this insert that the entire shaft or butt goes into/ depending on the request of the custom insert.
Works great for rubber handle grip cues to.
-can't reach in far enough to remove the cue/ just grab the loop and your out'
If your in Vegas stop in and see john at his booth and check out his awesome designs and innovation he puts into his cases.
Rob.M
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I ran into this problem with my Giuseppe 2X4 cue case, I did not like the way you had to spill it to get the butts and shafts out, so I dropped a few small poker chips in the tubes for the butts until they were closer to the top where I could get my fingers on them, as far as the shaft tubes, I went to Wal-Mart and bought a package of the old slip-on tips, I would drop a 13mm one down each shaft tube with the tip part facing upwards and then put the shaft in and see if I needed more or less to bring it close to the top, if I needed more I would take the next size 12mm and cut it to size, and press it inside the 13mm one just a bit, then see where I was at as far as having the shaft where I could get at it, without spilling the case, it worked out good, the tip of my shaft would just wind up resting on the tip of the slip-on, so no way it could be damaged.
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Thanks for the very economical idea.
I haven't made the trip to HOme Depot yet, but the photos suggest that the backer rod is NOT very dense and that it will "collapse" rather easily. Just wondering if backer rod is dense enough to hold up under the constant adding and removal of cue shafts and cue butts. If it "collapses" the shafts will wind up further down inside of the case.
JoeyA
Hey Joey, I've had several Whittens and have a bunch of leftover spacers.
Just PM me your address and I'll send you some if you want them.
Looks like you have it under control with the Whitten plugs. But to answer your question, the foam rod does not collapse under 4oz of shaft weight etc. When I was doing tube cases, I made the pipes long enough for the case to hold a 61-62" cue and sent several 1" pieces just in case their shafts joint diameter was smaller than the ID of the lined pipe.
Chuck
Well ok then. I might try this as well.
I see so many people out there turning their cases upside down and shafts and butts hitting the floor. I'll just share some of your ideas with cue repair guys who might be able to pick up a few bucks providing an additional service to their customers.
Thanks,
JoeyA
